To investigate the influence of acute vestibular impairment following mild traumatic brain injury on subsequent ability to remain on activity duty 12 months later

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 852-857

  Gottshall, Kim R ^a   Gray, Nicola L ^a   Drake, Angela I ^a   Tejidor, Raechel ^a   Hoffer, Michael E ^a   McDonald, Eric C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS HANDICAP INVENTORY; DYNAMIC VISUAL ACUITY TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOLDIER; VETERAN;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 34547962661     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.8.852     Document Type: Article

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